February 2012
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Quote of the Day: Taco Bell Can Make Food "Every... →
Hilarious!
January 2012
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WatchLittle man’s 1st birthday
September 2011
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“If you set out to build the church, there is no guarantee you will make...”
– Breen & Cockram (3DM) in Building a Discipling Culture
August 2011
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Summary of Philemon
Hey Philemon,
What is wrong with you? You’re awesome. I’m inspired by you. Tell your wife and church I say hello.
I demand that you Would you do me the favor of reuniting with Onesimus? He’s better now, I promise. I know he probably stole some stuff from you, but he misses you and wants to be friends. Please charge his debt to my tab. I know you’ll do the right thing!
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Summary of 2nd Timothy
Dear Timothy,
Here are four things people love:
Arguing over things that don’t matter
Believing lies
Religion
Themselves
Isn’t that silly/absolutely insane? Anyway, don’t be afraid to speak the truth.
I’m proud of you.
- Paul
P.S. Bring me my coat and my books. I’m dying here (literally)!
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Summary of Galatians
Dear Galatians, Jesus + anything = nothing. Jesus + nothing = everything. I love you morons. -Paul
Chastening
Today’s excerpt from My Utmost for His Highest destroyed me (in a good way). I put my convictions in bold:
“Despise not the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of Him.” Hebrews 12:5
It is very easy to quench the Spirit; we do it by despising the chastening of the Lord, by fainting when we are rebuked by Him. If we have only a shallow experience of...
“When the Greeks got the Gospel, they turned it into a philosophy; when the...”
– Thank you, Richard Halvarson (via Doug Paul), for the spiritual beating.
July 2011
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“Decisions are not so much made as they become apparent.”
– Peter Drucker
“Freedom, TRUE freedom, is understanding how out of control we are and then...”
– P. Noble
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The Day God Called
September 21, 2009 has etched a vivid memory in my brain. It was a Monday afternoon, and I was spending some time reading this book for the 2nd time. I don’t remember what page I was on or what I was wearing (as you should when having a spiritual epiphany), but I do remember God spoke to me so clearly, that there was no doubt in my mind I had heard from him. It was an instant, quiet,...
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“The Lord alone can have mercy. He alone can bestow pardon for sins which have...”
– Cyprian (Treatise III)
Weakness Appealed to Strength
“A dear friend of mine who was quite a lover of the chase, told me the following story: ‘Rising early one morning,’ he said, ‘I heard the baying of a score of deerhounds in pursuit of their quarry. Looking away to a broad, open field in front of me, I saw a young fawn making its way across, and giving signs, moreover, that its race was well-nigh run. Reaching the rails of the enclosure, it leaped...
WatchThe beginning of a journey…
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Heart Check from Jonah
Jonah is a lesson in educating a person to be a missionary: it reveals the need for radical conversion of one’s natural tendencies and a complete restructuring of his life to make it serviceable for mission. - Johannes Verkuyl
Oh my dang! I typically refer to Jonah as the Old Testament brat, and I believe the American Church may be the modern swallowed Jonah. Praying God allows us to be...
“When you feel yourself utterly unworthy, you have hit the truth.”
– Spurgeon (via jeradwadecollier)
June 2011
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Angry Church Member vs. Graphic Designer
This is how you DON’T want your church members to act like…
clientsfromhell:
Client: “Aren’t you supposed to be designing my brochure?” Me: “It’s Sunday morning. I’m just buying milk because I ran out.” Client: “Oh, you did? Well, what should we do then if we run out of time for the project, huh? Just leave the last two pages blank and write ‘sorry, ran out of milk’ on them?” Me:...
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Grassroots Church
I’m excited to launch this new blog to share the journey of a church planter. That planter would be me. Actually, it’s more like me, my family, and many other people who have a passion to take the message and love of Christ to the city of Asheville, NC in 2012. The method: Grassroots Church. Grassroots Church will be a church plant in the heart of Asheville, with a mission to cultivate...
May 2011
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The End is Near
No, not like some have predicted the end of time to come this Saturday. But, on August 19, my days of working on my Master of Arts in Theological Studies will end. It’s been an insane ride. The past year and a half has been challenging, but rewarding. In fact, I would say it’s been life changing. Maybe a little mind-numbing too. During this time I’ve become a father, started new...
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“If you understand, it is not God you understand.”
– Augustine